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           THE
           
             Papist
             Represented
          
           ,
           AND
           NOT
           MISREPRESENTED
           ;
           BEING
           In
           ANSWER
           to
           the
           SECOND
           SHEET
           of
           the
           Second
           Part
           of
           the
           
             PAPIST
             Misrepresented
             and
             Represented
             .
             And
             for
             a
             further
             VINDICATION
             of
             the
          
           CATECHISM
           truly
           Representing
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           Practices
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
             In
             the
             Point
             of
          
           their
           Praying
           to
           the
           CROSS
           .
        
         
           LICENSED
           ,
           December
           24.
           1686.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Rose
             and
             Crown
          
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           MDCLXXXVII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PAPIST
           REPRESENTED
           ,
           And
           not
           Misrepresented
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           WHEN
           I
           observe
           the
           late
           Proceedings
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Controvertists
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           the
           design
           they
           have
           in
           hand
           of
           setting
           forth
           their
           Doctrines
           and
           Practices
           in
           a
           way
           less
           offensive
           to
           others
           ,
           and
           more
           defensible
           to
           themselves
           ,
           than
           in
           former
           Ages
           ;
           I
           cannot
           better
           resemble
           it
           ,
           than
           to
           a
           Carver
           ,
           that
           being
           employed
           to
           form
           an
           Image
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           or
           other
           Saint
           ,
           concerns
           not
           himself
           to
           make
           it
           like
           to
           the
           Person
           thereby
           to
           be
           represented
           ,
           but
           so
           as
           shall
           best
           serve
           to
           allure
           and
           excite
           the
           people
           to
           a
           devout
           Adoration
           of
           it
           .
           If
           the
           Image
           was
           strictly
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           and
           we
           had
           an
           Original
           to
           compare
           it
           with
           ,
           it
           's
           likely
           there
           might
           not
           be
           one
           true
           Line
           in
           the
           whole
           Composure
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           might
           as
           well
           suit
           any
           other
           Person
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           him
           or
           her
           whom
           it
           pretends
           to
           resemble
           .
           And
           thus
           it
           will
           fare
           in
           many
           points
           now
           introduced
           upon
           the
           Stage
           by
           Veron
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Meaux
           abroad
           ,
           and
           a
           late
           flourishing
           Pen
           and
           others
           amongst
           us
           ,
           which
           carry
           in
           them
           so
           little
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Ancient
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           Face
           can
           hardly
           be
           more
           unlike
           to
           Face
           ,
           than
           one
           
           would
           be
           unlike
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           impartially
           compared
           ;
           and
           which
           ,
           if
           in
           another
           Age
           they
           had
           appeared
           as
           they
           do
           in
           this
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           suspected
           of
           Heresy
           ,
           if
           not
           condemned
           for
           it
           .
           For
           did
           they
           in
           former
           times
           Formally
           pray
           to
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           frequently
           beg
           those
           things
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           are
           only
           in
           the
           power
           of
           God
           to
           grant
           ?
           The
           Papist
           after
           the
           new
           Mode
           of
           Representation
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           believe
           
             all
             good
             ,
             whether
             Spiritual
             or
             Temporal
             ,
             comes
             immediately
             from
             God
             through
             the
             Merits
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           they
           no
           otherwise
           desire
           the
           
             Just
             in
             Heaven
          
           to
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           than
           they
           do
           the
           
             Just
             on
             Earth
             ,
             to
             be
             Joint-Petitioners
             with
             themselves
             to
             the
             Seat
             of
             the
             Divine
             Majesty
             .
          
           Did
           they
           heretofore
           use
           ,
           without
           Scruple
           ,
           to
           Worship
           and
           to
           pray
           to
           Images
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           persons
           thereby
           represented
           were
           before
           them
           ?
           
           We
           are
           now
           told
           ,
           they
           give
           no
           other
           
             Respect
             ,
             Honour
          
           and
           Veneration
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           we
           do
           to
           the
           Bible
           ;
           and
           that
           
             they
             can
             as
             well
             pray
             to
             the
             Monument
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             as
             to
             the
             Image
             of
             the
             greatest
             Saint
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           Did
           they
           formerly
           adore
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           direct
           their
           Prayers
           to
           it
           in
           the
           solemn
           Offices
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           It
           's
           now
           only
           a
           Rapture
           ,
           an
           
             innocent
             Wish
          
           ,
           a
           
             Rhetorical
             Flight
          
           .
           By
           which
           Palliations
           and
           Glosses
           it
           may
           well
           be
           supposed
           ,
           they
           are
           ashamed
           or
           grow
           weary
           of
           their
           Religion
           as
           formely
           practised
           and
           defended
           ;
           and
           were
           they
           as
           sincere
           as
           liberal
           in
           their
           Concessions
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           hastning
           apace
           to
           a
           Reformation
           of
           it
           .
           But
           now
           as
           we
           are
           not
           to
           judg
           of
           the
           
             Virgin
             Mary
          
           and
           other
           Saints
           by
           the
           Images
           and
           Pictures
           of
           them
           extant
           in
           the
           World
           (
           in
           which
           the
           Carvers
           and
           Painters
           do
           indulge
           their
           fancy
           )
           for
           then
           they
           would
           be
           Black
           and
           Fair
           ,
           little
           and
           great
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ?
           So
           we
           must
           not
           Judg
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           by
           the
           design
           of
           these
           late
           Officious
           Artists
           ;
           for
           then
           we
           should
           find
           contradictions
           in
           their
           Infallible
           Church
           ,
           building
           and
           pulling
           down
           ,
           saying
           and
           unsaying
           ,
           age
           against
           age
           ,
           principles
           and
           practices
           against
           principles
           
           and
           practices
           ;
           but
           we
           must
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           Originals
           ,
           and
           see
           what
           their
           Authentick
           Authors
           and
           Offices
           do
           teach
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           yet
           practised
           in
           those
           places
           where
           their
           Religion
           has
           no
           Enemy
           near
           ,
           to
           contend
           with
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           too
           curious
           observations
           upon
           it
           .
           Which
           course
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           observed
           in
           Discoursing
           upon
           the
           Worship
           given
           by
           them
           to
           Images
           ,
           so
           I
           shall
           proceed
           in
           this
           present
           Argument
           of
           the
           Cross
           ;
           and
           shew
           what
           reason
           there
           was
           for
           that
           charge
           in
           the
           Catechism
           that
           they
           
             Pray
             directly
             to
             it
          
           .
           But
           here
           our
           Author
           takes
           up
           the
           point
           betimes
           ,
           and
           a
           strain
           of
           
             Calumny
             ,
             Insincerity
             ,
             Defamation
          
           charged
           upon
           the
           Catechism
           ,
           &c.
           runs
           through
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           .
           And
           why
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           it
           has
           produced
           any
           false
           Citations
           against
           them
           ,
           
           or
           such
           as
           are
           insufficient
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           the
           Catechism
           takes
           that
           literally
           which
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           
             figuratively
             ;
             and
             from
             two
             words
             in
             one
             of
             their
             hymns
             which
             literally
             imply
             a
             Prayer
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
          
           takes
           the
           occasion
           of
           charging
           them
           with
           
             directly
             praying
             to
             it
          
           ;
           whereas
           the
           Papists
           
             are
             never
             any
             where
             directed
             to
             pray
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             prayers
             to
             it
             .
          
           Upon
           the
           Reading
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           was
           for
           the
           present
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           how
           a
           person
           of
           that
           Communion
           ,
           and
           that
           Undertakes
           the
           defence
           of
           its
           publick
           Offices
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           Ignorant
           as
           to
           profess
           there
           are
           but
           
             two
             words
             in
             one
             of
             their
             Hymns
          
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           have
           
             no
             prayers
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             nor
             direction
             about
             it
          
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           did
           know
           otherwise
           ,
           how
           he
           should
           be
           as
           confident
           to
           assert
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           no
           one
           had
           ever
           read
           their
           Offices
           ,
           but
           themselves
           .
           But
           being
           now
           a
           little
           wonted
           to
           his
           way
           ,
           I
           began
           to
           think
           there
           must
           be
           some
           reserved
           meaning
           in
           these
           positive
           assertions
           ;
           and
           by
           looking
           back
           a
           page
           or
           two
           ,
           I
           find
           that
           he
           and
           the
           Catechism
           are
           not
           agreed
           about
           the
           chief
           Term
           in
           Dispute
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Cross.
           For
           whereas
           the
           charge
           in
           the
           Catechism
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           
             pray
             directly
             to
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           he
           ,
           with
           much
           sincerity
           ,
           alters
           the
           terms
           ,
           and
           saith
           ,
           that
           
           
             the
             Faithful
             Catechist
             produces
             an
             argument
             to
             prove
             the
             Papists
             so
             stupid
             ,
             as
             to
             pray
             directly
             to
             a
             piece
             of
             wood
             ,
             and
             a
             mere
             material
             Cross.
          
           But
           if
           that
           is
           a
           
             meer
             piece
             of
             Wood
          
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Consecration
           of
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           prays
           may
           be
           
             made
             the
             stability
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             increase
             of
             good
             works
             ,
             and
             the
             Redemption
             of
             Souls
             .
          
           If
           that
           be
           a
           
             meer
             piece
             of
             wood
          
           ,
           which
           they
           use
           all
           expressions
           of
           outward
           Adoration
           to
           ,
           by
           kissings
           ,
           prostrations
           ,
           &c.
           
           If
           that
           
             be
             a
             meer
             piece
             of
             wood
             ,
          
           to
           which
           they
           give
           Latria
           ,
           or
           the
           sovereign
           Worship
           which
           is
           peculiar
           to
           God
           ;
           Then
           indeed
           they
           Pray
           also
           directly
           to
           a
           
             meer
             piece
             of
             wood
             ,
             to
             increase
             Grace
             in
             the
             Godly
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           But
           if
           the
           Cross
           they
           thus
           Consecrate
           and
           Bless
           ,
           and
           is
           thus
           effectual
           after
           Consecration
           ;
           if
           the
           Cross
           they
           Adore
           ,
           kiss
           and
           prostrate
           themselves
           before
           ;
           if
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           the
           Cross
           they
           give
           Divine
           and
           Sovereign
           Worship
           to
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           
             mere
             piece
             of
             wood
          
           ,
           so
           then
           neither
           is
           that
           a
           
             mere
             piece
             of
             wood
          
           ,
           they
           are
           said
           in
           the
           Catechism
           to
           pray
           
             directly
             to
          
           .
           For
           it
           's
           the
           same
           Cross
           that
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           nay
           that
           all
           of
           the
           things
           here
           recited
           of
           ,
           are
           in
           the
           Catechism
           applied
           to
           .
           But
           becaufe
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           clear
           the
           point
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           leave
           it
           without
           exception
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           shew
           what
           they
           mean
           by
           a
           Cross.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           prove
           that
           they
           do
           Adore
           and
           Worship
           the
           Cross.
           
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           they
           do
           pray
           directly
           to
           the
           Cross
           they
           adore
           .
        
         
           The
           Cross
           we
           are
           now
           concerned
           about
           ,
           is
           an
           external
           Representation
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Crucified
           upon
           it
           :
           And
           so
           is
           as
           distinct
           from
           
             a
             bare
             material
             Cross
             ,
             a
             meer
             Cross
             of
             Wood
             ,
          
           &c.
           as
           what
           is
           an
           Object
           of
           Worship
           ,
           is
           from
           that
           which
           is
           none
           .
           For
           by
           being
           thus
           Representative
           ,
           it
           's
           no
           longer
           what
           it
           was
           before
           ,
           a
           
             mere
             piece
             of
             Wood
          
           ;
           but
           being
           in
           the
           stead
           of
           him
           whom
           it
           Represents
           ,
           
           and
           sustaining
           his
           person
           ,
           it
           hath
           by
           that
           means
           an
           excellency
           communicated
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           which
           formally
           alters
           the
           Nature
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           Gretser
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           a
           copious
           writer
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ,
           doth
           shew
           .
        
         
         
           For
           the
           further
           explication
           of
           which
           ,
           and
           to
           add
           some
           authority
           to
           the
           abovesaid
           character
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           I
           shall
           transcribe
           the
           sum
           of
           what
           he
           writes
           of
           this
           matter
           .
           
           It
           having
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           been
           objected
           ,
           That
           if
           all
           the
           Crosses
           are
           to
           be
           Worshipped
           because
           Christ
           hung
           upon
           the
           Cross
           ;
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           all
           Thorns
           ,
           Reeds
           ,
           Nails
           ,
           Spears
           ,
           Sepulchres
           ,
           &c.
           are
           to
           have
           the
           same
           respect
           ,
           because
           Christ
           was
           crown'd
           with
           Thorns
           ,
           Nail'd
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           had
           his
           side
           Pierc'd
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           was
           buried
           in
           a
           Sepulchre
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           Gretser
           Answers
           ,
           
             That
             all
             Crosses
             are
             made
             in
             Imitation
             of
             the
             Cross
             upon
             which
             Christ
             suffered
             ,
             and
             of
             him
             suffering
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             may
             both
             Represent
             That
             and
             Him.
             Wherefore
             we
             do
             deservedly
             honour
             all
             Crosses
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             Images
             ,
             and
             an
             Image
             is
             for
             Representation
             ;
             but
             we
             do
             not
             thus
             honour
             all
             Sepulchres
             ,
             Nails
             ,
             &c.
             because
             they
             are
             not
             Images
             or
             Representations
             of
             the
             Sepulchre
             of
             Christ
             ,
             nor
             of
             the
             nails
             that
             fastened
             his
             Body
             to
             the
             Cross.
             But
             if
             any
             one
             doth
             build
             a
             Sepulchre
             ,
             or
             erect
             a
             Manger
             ,
             or
             make
             Nails
             ,
             or
             choose
             out
             Thorns
             in
             imitation
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             Representation
             of
             the
             first
             Sepulchre
             ,
             Manger
             ,
             Nails
             and
             Thorns
             ,
             &c.
             it
             is
             no
             doubt
             but
             they
             may
             be
             Worshipped
             .
             For
             then
             they
             are
             indued
             with
             ,
             and
             have
             in
             them
             the
             Nature
             of
             an
             Image
             ,
             which
             is
             Representation
             .
          
           So
           that
           as
           there
           is
           a
           distinction
           betwixt
           Sepulchre
           and
           Sepulchre
           ,
           Manger
           and
           Manger
           ;
           and
           which
           distinction
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           is
           an
           object
           of
           worship
           ,
           and
           another
           is
           not
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           betwixt
           Cross
           and
           Cross
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           betwixt
           a
           Cross
           ,
           either
           Natural
           ,
           Accidental
           ,
           and
           Artificial
           when
           made
           for
           other
           uses
           ,
           and
           a
           Cross
           that
           is
           Representative
           (
           as
           the
           same
           Author
           there
           shews
           .
           )
        
         
           So
           that
           our
           Author
           might
           safely
           enough
           declare
           ,
           
           that
           if
           
             his
             Religion
             did
             either
             teach
             or
             practice
             such
             stupid
             Idolatry
             ,
             as
             praying
             to
             a
             piece
             of
             Wood
             ,
             he
             could
             no
             more
             be
             any
             longer
             of
             her
             Communion
             than
             he
             could
             Sacrifice
             to
          
           Molech
           .
           For
           as
           it
           's
           
             a
             piece
             of
             
             Wood
          
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           the
           Cross
           we
           are
           here
           concerned
           in
           ,
           not
           the
           Cross
           by
           Representation
           ,
           not
           the
           Cross
           by
           Consecration
           ,
           which
           alone
           ,
           and
           under
           that
           consideration
           is
           the
           object
           of
           their
           Worship
           .
           So
           that
           tho
           he
           may
           continue
           in
           that
           Communion
           ,
           and
           make
           this
           Protestation
           against
           
             a
             piece
             of
             Wood
          
           ;
           yet
           he
           cannot
           be
           of
           that
           Communion
           and
           enter
           the
           like
           Protestation
           against
           a
           Representing
           and
           Consecrated
           Cross
           ,
           and
           call
           such
           application
           to
           it
           ,
           Idolatry
           .
           For
           this
           Cross
           we
           are
           speaking
           of
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           representative
           ,
           but
           is
           also
           consecrated
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           an
           Office
           accordingly
           ,
           with
           such
           Prayers
           ,
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           as
           make
           it
           as
           well
           a
           Sacred
           ,
           
           as
           a
           Representing
           Object
           .
           As
           for
           instance
           ,
           in
           the
           consecration
           of
           a
           new
           Cross
           of
           Wood
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           prays
           in
           these
           words
           ;
           
             We
             pray
             thee
             ,
             O
             Holy
             Lord
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             That
             thou
             wouldest
             vouchsase
             to
             bless
             this
             Wood
             of
             thy
             Cross
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             a
             wholsom
          
           [
           saving
           ]
           
             remedy
             to
             mankind
          
           ;
           
           
             a
             stability
             of
             Faith
             ,
             an
             increase
             of
             good
             works
             ▪
             the
             Redemption
             of
             Souls
             ,
             a
             comfort
             ,
             protection
             and
             defence
             against
             the
             evil
             darts
             of
             the
             Enemies
             ,
             through
             our
             Lord
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           as
           if
           this
           were
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           after
           the
           consecration
           of
           the
           Incense
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           sprinkles
           the
           Cross
           with
           Holy-Water
           ,
           and
           Incenses
           it
           ;
           Saying
           ,
        
         
           Let
           this
           Wood
           be
           sanctified
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Fa
           ✚
           ther
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           S
           ✚
           on
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Holy
           ✚
           Ghost
           .
           Let
           the
           blessing
           of
           that
           Wood
           upon
           which
           the
           Holy
           Members
           of
           our
           Saviour
           hung
           ,
           be
           in
           this
           Wood
           ;
           that
           all
           that
           pray
           and
           bow
           down
           themselves
           for
           God
           ,
           before
           this
           Cross
           ,
           may
           find
           health
           both
           of
           Soul
           and
           Body
           ,
           through
           the
           same
           Jesus
           Christ.
           
             But
             if
             the
             Cross
             be
             of
             Metal
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             then
             he
             is
             to
             pray
             to
             Christ
             in
             these
             Words
             ,
          
           Do
           thou
           take
           this
           Cross
           
             [
             now
             consecrated
          
           ]
           in
           those
           hands
           with
           which
           thou
           hast
           embraced
           
             That
             [
             on
             which
             he
             hung
             ]
          
           and
           with
           the
           holiness
           of
           That
           ,
           do
           thou
           Sanctisy
           This
           :
           And
           as
           the
           World
           by
           That
           was
           cleansed
           from
           guilt
           ,
           so
           the
           devout
           Souls
           of
           thy
           Servants
           who
           offer
           it
           ,
           may
           by
           the
           Merit
           of
           
             This
             Cross
          
           be
           delivered
           from
           every
           sin
           they
           have
           committed
           .
        
         
         
           So
           that
           it
           's
           very
           evident
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           Cross
           by
           virtue
           of
           its
           Representation
           ▪
           is
           quite
           another
           thing
           than
           a
           meer
           piece
           of
           Wood
           ;
           so
           upon
           its
           Consecration
           ,
           it
           's
           indued
           with
           another
           Nature
           ;
           for
           then
           it
           has
           Merits
           of
           its
           own
           ;
           it
           's
           
             healthful
             both
             for
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ,
          
           and
           is
           
             for
             the
             stability
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             increase
             of
             Good
             Works
             ,
             the
             comfort
             of
             Souls
          
           to
           all
           them
           that
           bow
           down
           before
           it
           .
           And
           here
           it
           's
           sit
           to
           be
           remembred
           against
           we
           come
           to
           need
           it
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Apostrophe
           ,
           no
           
             Rhetorical
             Flight
          
           ,
           when
           we
           not
           only
           consider
           it
           's
           a
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           
             Poetical
             Composure
          
           ;
           but
           that
           also
           the
           Cross
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           distinguished
           from
           Christ
           ,
           as
           from
           that
           Cross
           he
           suffered
           upon
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           it
           's
           sufficiently
           prov'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Cross
           in
           dispute
           ,
           is
           another
           thing
           than
           
             a
             meer
             piece
             of
             wood
          
           .
        
         
           But
           tho
           the
           right
           stating
           of
           a
           Case
           goes
           a
           great
           way
           toward
           the
           resolving
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           this
           is
           not
           all
           I
           intend
           in
           it
           :
           To
           proceed
           therefore
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           prove
           that
           they
           do
           adore
           and
           worship
           the
           Cross.
           It
           has
           been
           of
           late
           pretended
           by
           some
           ,
           that
           the
           Cross
           is
           only
           a
           
             Memorative
             Sign
          
           :
           but
           this
           was
           accounted
           in
           the
           last
           Age
           ,
           little
           better
           than
           Heresy
           :
           And
           therefore
           Gretser
           saith
           of
           the
           Lutherans
           ,
           
           who
           retain'd
           Crosses
           in
           their
           Churches
           for
           Remembrance
           ▪
           and
           not
           for
           Worship
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             and
             not
             better
             than
             those
             that
             wholly
             reject
             them
             ▪
          
           For
           indeed
           ,
           this
           is
           so
           embodied
           into
           the
           Offices
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           that
           no
           one
           can
           be
           truly
           of
           that
           Communion
           ▪
           but
           must
           thus
           conceive
           as
           they
           do
           .
           Thus
           we
           find
           after
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           first
           kneels
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           doth
           
             devoutly
             adore
             and
             kiss
             it
          
           ,
           
           as
           do
           also
           all
           that
           are
           present
           ,
           if
           they
           so
           please
           .
           But
           tho
           it
           be
           left
           to
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           People
           in
           that
           Solemnity
           ,
           yet
           it
           shows
           what
           the
           Church
           doth
           intend
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           it
           doth
           call
           upon
           them
           in
           the
           publick
           Office
           ,
           to
           joyn
           with
           her
           in
           the
           Adoration
           of
           it
           ;
           
           as
           Gretser
           doth
           acknowledg
           .
           For
           the
           Missal
           saith
           ,
           at
           the
           uncovering
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           
             Behold
             the
             wood
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             Come
             ,
             let
             us
             adore
          
           ;
           upon
           which
           all
           the
           People
           fall
           to
           the
           ground
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Priest
           hath
           wholly
           uncovered
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           repeated
           ,
           as
           before
           he
           places
           it
           before
           the
           Altar
           ,
           and
           first
           himself
           draws
           
             near
             to
             adore
             the
             Cross
             ;
             bowing
             his
             knees
             thrice
             before
             he
             kisses
             it
             .
          
           And
           then
           
           the
           Attendants
           at
           the
           Altars
           ,
           and
           the
           Clergy
           and
           Laity
           ,
           two
           and
           two
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           
             Adore
             the
             Cross
          
           ;
           the
           Quire
           in
           the
           mean
           while
           singing
           ,
           
             We
             adore
             thy
             Cross
             ,
             O
             Lord.
          
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           past
           Controversy
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           not
           disputed
           ,
           whether
           the
           Cross
           is
           to
           be
           worshipped
           ,
           but
           with
           what
           Worship
           it
           is
           to
           be
           worshipped
           .
           And
           which
           indeed
           is
           also
           determined
           to
           their
           hands
           by
           the
           Pontificale
           in
           the
           place
           quoted
           in
           that
           Catechism
           which
           our
           Author
           wrote
           this
           Chapter
           against
           .
           
           And
           therefore
           when
           
             Joh.
             Aegidius
          
           ,
           a
           Canon
           of
           Sevil
           ,
           had
           maintained
           that
           God
           was
           to
           be
           worshipped
           with
           Latria
           [
           Soveraign
           Worship
           ]
           and
           the
           Cross
           with
           Dulia
           [
           an
           inferiour
           sort
           of
           Worship
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           which
           they
           give
           to
           the
           Saints
           ]
           he
           was
           injoyned
           a
           publick
           Recantation
           ,
           as
           denying
           the
           Adoration
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           
             contrary
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             saith
             ,
             O
             Crux
             ave
             spes
             union
             ,
             Hail
             ,
             O
             Cross
             ,
             our
             only
             Hope
             .
          
           And
           in
           another
           place
           .
           
             Crucem
             tuam
             adoramus
             ,
             VVe
             do
             adore
             thy
             Cross
             ,
          
           as
           
             Ludovicus
             de
             Param●
          
           relates
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           bringing
           this
           Matter
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           do
           ,
           by
           shewing
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           That
           they
           do
           directly
           pray
           to
           the
           Cross.
           This
           was
           asserted
           in
           the
           Catechism
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           not
           say
           prov'd
           ,
           till
           I
           have
           clear'd
           the
           Point
           .
           But
           however
           if
           it
           was
           not
           prov'd
           ,
           there
           was
           somewhat
           fairly
           offer'd
           towards
           it
           ;
           when
           it
           produced
           the
           express
           words
           of
           the
           Breviary
           in
           justification
           of
           it
           ;
           which
           before
           I
           proceed
           I
           shall
           recite
           .
           The
           words
           are
           these
           ;
           
             Hail
             O
             Cross
             ,
             our
             only
             Hope
             !
             do
             thou
             increase
             Grace
             in
             the
             Godly
             ,
             and
             blot
             out
             the
             Sins
             in
             the
             Guilty
             .
          
           In
           exception
           to
           what
           the
           Catechism
           hath
           produc'd
           this
           for
           ,
           our
           Author
           hath
           said
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Cause
           will
           bear
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           him
           his
           due
           ,
           with
           Art
           ▪
           and
           Smartness
           enough
           :
           And
           to
           give
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           its
           full
           sense
           ,
           I
           shall
           ,
           without
           taking
           notice
           of
           the
           extravagant
           Censures
           ,
           and
           inveterate
           Expressions
           scattered
           through
           the
           whole
           ,
           sum
           up
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           :
           And
           it
           comes
           all
           to
           this
           ;
           
             That
             this
             Hymn
             is
             of
             ancient
             composure
             ;
             that
             it
             's
             an
             Hymn
             and
             not
             a
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             so
             being
             Poetical
             ,
             it
             's
             but
             a
             Rhetorical
             Flight
             and
             Apostrophe
             ,
             frequent
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             the
             Fathers
             ;
             that
             there
             are
             but
             two
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             a
             few
             )
             words
             in
             
             one
             Hymn
             to
             this
             purpose
             ;
             that
             the
             Church
             hath
             no
             Prayer
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             nor
             are
             They
             ever
             directed
             any
             where
             to
             pray
             to
             it
             .
          
           In
           fine
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           meaning
           of
           their
           Church
           in
           saying
           that
           Hymn
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             Hail
             ,
             O
             Christ
             ,
             our
             only
             Hope
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           that
           he
           will
           grant
           ,
           upon
           the
           perusal
           of
           the
           whole
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           done
           no
           injury
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           said
           ,
           by
           this
           short
           and
           close
           account
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           if
           I
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           prove
           that
           this
           is
           a
           Prayer
           as
           well
           as
           an
           Hymn
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           are
           parts
           of
           their
           Office
           to
           corroborate
           the
           sense
           I
           have
           given
           of
           it
           ;
           if
           I
           prove
           that
           their
           Church
           hath
           Prayers
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           directs
           the
           People
           to
           pray
           to
           it
           ,
           I
           think
           there
           will
           need
           little
           more
           to
           vindicate
           the
           Catechism
           from
           all
           that
           Defamation
           he
           hath
           so
           plentifully
           cast
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           
           he
           tells
           us
           that
           this
           Hymn
           is
           found
           in
           St.
           
           Ambrose's
           Works
           .
           So
           Bellarmine
           indeed
           saith
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Paris
           Edition
           1540
           ,
           which
           he
           used
           ;
           and
           yet
           there
           are
           other
           Editions
           in
           which
           it
           is
           not
           .
           So
           that
           I
           may
           as
           well
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           in
           St.
           
           Ambrose's
           Works
           ,
           as
           he
           may
           say
           that
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           both
           alike
           true
           .
           But
           is
           this
           any
           credit
           to
           it
           ?
           Then
           it
           would
           be
           so
           to
           the
           Hymns
           ,
           
             Optatus
             votis
             omnium
             ,
             &
             Christe
             ,
             qui
             lux
             es
             &
             dies
             ,
          
           &c.
           which
           Bellarmine
           saith
           are
           
             unworthy
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Name
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             him
             .
          
           But
           however
           if
           St.
           Ambrose
           be
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           he
           has
           found
           out
           a
           
             Learned
             Bishop
          
           to
           father
           it
           upon
           ,
           one
           
             Vincentius
             Fortunatus
          
           ,
           who
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             composed
             it
             to
             be
             sung
             by
             his
             Church
             on
             Passion
             Sunday
             .
          
           But
           tho
           he
           hath
           not
           favoured
           us
           with
           the
           See
           this
           Bishop
           had
           ,
           yet
           I
           easily
           apprehend
           whom
           it
           is
           that
           he
           means
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           
             Venantius
             Fortunatus
          
           ,
           which
           Mistake
           I
           shall
           be
           so
           candid
           as
           not
           to
           impute
           to
           his
           ignorance
           in
           these
           Matters
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           haste
           ,
           which
           he
           that
           intends
           to
           write
           a
           
             Weekly
             Packet
          
           of
           Controversy
           must
           be
           more
           or
           less
           liable
           to
           .
           
           But
           yet
           I
           am
           not
           satisfied
           in
           the
           Point
           ;
           for
           tho
           he
           has
           the
           learned
           Bellarmine
           before
           him
           ,
           that
           seems
           to
           say
           ,
           or
           is
           willing
           to
           have
           it
           believed
           ,
           that
           this
           Bishop
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Hymn
           ;
           yet
           I
           find
           others
           doubting
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           amongst
           them
           is
           Gretser
           ,
           who
           tho
           a
           diligent
           Reader
           ,
           and
           one
           as
           willing
           and
           ready
           to
           lay
           hold
           of
           what
           might
           serve
           for
           his
           Purpose
           ,
           as
           Bellarmine
           ,
           or
           any
           Man
           whatsoever
           ,
           yet
           speaks
           very
           doubtfully
           of
           it
           ,
           
           and
           saith
           ,
           
             some
             do
             attribute
             it
             to
          
           Theodulphus
           
           [
           Bishop
           of
           
             Orleance
             ]
             ,
             others
             to
          
           Fortunatus
           ;
           the
           former
           of
           which
           lived
           265
           Years
           after
           the
           latter
           ,
           according
           to
           Bellarmine
           .
           So
           that
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           certainty
           at
           all
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           which
           our
           Author
           hath
           yet
           so
           positively
           asserted
           .
        
         
           But
           be
           that
           as
           it
           will
           ,
           it
           's
           no
           great
           matter
           who
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           what
           the
           sense
           of
           that
           Author
           was
           ,
           for
           as
           long
           as
           we
           know
           what
           Church
           doth
           constantly
           use
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           sense
           that
           Church
           doth
           take
           it
           ,
           we
           have
           enough
           for
           our
           purpose
           :
           And
           that
           is
           the
           thing
           to
           be
           now
           enquired
           into
           .
           I
           grant
           that
           the
           words
           here
           quoted
           ,
           are
           part
           of
           an
           Hymn
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           are
           several
           things
           to
           be
           Indulged
           to
           a
           Poetical
           Fancy
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           otherwise
           to
           be
           Indulged
           :
           and
           therefore
           if
           there
           was
           nothing
           in
           their
           Church
           ,
           to
           induce
           and
           oblige
           us
           to
           take
           it
           in
           a
           sense
           quite
           different
           from
           what
           he
           imposes
           on
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           be
           fair
           or
           ingenuous
           to
           force
           a
           proper
           sense
           upon
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           nature
           and
           reason
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           own
           declaration
           ,
           require
           it
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           an
           improper
           .
           But
           when
           we
           know
           that
           the
           Cross
           is
           among
           them
           ,
           a
           Representation
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Passion
           ,
           and
           has
           for
           that
           reason
           a
           Worship
           given
           and
           ordered
           to
           be
           given
           to
           it
           as
           a
           Representing
           Obiect
           .
           When
           we
           know
           that
           it
           's
           also
           consecrated
           ,
           and
           upon
           its
           Consecration
           is
           supposed
           to
           have
           altered
           its
           Nature
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           Divine
           Vertues
           communicated
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           a
           power
           of
           communicating
           such
           Vertues
           to
           those
           that
           adore
           it
           .
           When
           ,
           further
           ,
           the
           Passage
           quoted
           from
           this
           Hymn
           is
           conformable
           to
           the
           other
           Offices
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           take
           it
           in
           his
           sense
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           thus
           the
           current
           sense
           of
           their
           own
           Church
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           I
           have
           made
           it
           evident
           before
           ,
           in
           what
           I
           have
           said
           of
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           that
           the
           Cross
           is
           considered
           as
           a
           distinct
           thing
           from
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           because
           they
           pray
           to
           him
           to
           bless
           the
           Cross
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           such
           and
           such
           Vertues
           communicated
           to
           it
           and
           by
           it
           .
           I
           think
           also
           it
           has
           been
           made
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           Cross
           it self
           is
           to
           be
           considered
           and
           proposed
           as
           an
           Object
           of
           Adoration
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           why
           is
           it
           more
           absurd
           to
           pray
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           thus
           to
           adore
           it
           ?
           Or
           ,
           why
           is
           it
           absurd
           
           to
           pray
           to
           the
           Cross
           for
           That
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           pray'd
           before
           may
           be
           communicated
           to
           the
           Cross
           ?
           But
           because
           this
           is
           but
           reasoning
           (
           though
           such
           reasoning
           as
           is
           natural
           and
           plain
           )
           therefore
           I
           shall
           appeal
           to
           the
           Hymn
           it self
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           transcribe
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     Vexilla
                     Regis
                     prodeuut
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Fulget
                     Crucis
                     Mysterium
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Quo
                     carne
                     carnis
                     Conditor
                  
                   
                     Suspensus
                     est
                     patibulo
                     .
                  
                   
                     Arbor
                     decora
                     &
                     fulgida
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Ornata
                     Regis
                     purpura
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Electa
                     digno
                     stipite
                  
                   
                     Tam
                     Sancta
                     membra
                     tangere
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                     O
                     Crux
                     Ave
                     spes
                     unica
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Paschale
                     quae
                     fers
                     gaudium
                  
                   
                     Piis
                     ad
                     auge
                     gratiam
                     .
                  
                   
                     Reisque
                     dele
                     crimina
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Banner
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     comes
                     forth
                     ,
                  
                   
                     The
                     Mystery
                     of
                     the
                     Cross
                     doth
                     shine
                     .
                  
                   
                     On
                     which
                     Cross
                     ,
                     the
                     maker
                     of
                     Flesh
                     hath
                     hung
                     .
                  
                   
                     A
                     comely
                     and
                     bright
                     Tree
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Adorn'd
                     with
                     the
                     Purple
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Chosen
                     out
                     of
                     a
                     Stock
                     worthy
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     To
                     touch
                     so
                     sacred
                     Members
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Hail
                     ,
                     O
                     Cross
                     ,
                     our
                     only
                     Hope
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Increase
                     Grace
                     in
                     the
                     Godly
                     .
                  
                   
                     And
                     blot
                     out
                     the
                     Sins
                     of
                     the
                     guilty
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Then
             in
             one
             of
             the
             places
             quoted
             in
             the
             Catechism
             immediately
             follows
             this
             Sequence
             ,
          
           
           The
           sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           shall
           be
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           shall
           come
           to
           Judgment
           .
           
             But
             this
             is
             not
             all
             ;
             for
             it
             follows
             further
             ,
          
           O
           Cross
           ,
           brighter
           than
           all
           the
           Stars
           ,
           which
           alone
           hast
           been
           thought
           worthy
           to
           bear
           the
           weight
           of
           the
           World
           !
           Sweet
           Wood
           ,
           bearing
           the
           sweet
           Nails
           and
           sweet
           Burdens
           ;
           save
           the
           present
           Company
           ,
           gathered
           together
           this
           day
           for
           thy
           praise
           .
        
         
           From
           whence
           I
           observe
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           word
           Cross
           in
           this
           Hymn
           ,
           cannot
           be
           applied
           to
           Christ
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Cross
           distinct
           from
           him
           :
           For
           else
           ,
           the
           Cross
           which
           is
           
             the
             Banner
             of
             the
             King
          
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           King
           himself
           ;
           the
           Cross
           on
           which
           the
           
             Maker
             of
             Flesh
          
           hung
           in
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           same
           with
           the
           Maker
           of
           Flesh
           ;
           The
           Tree
           which
           
             touched
             his
             sacred
             Members
          
           ,
           be
           the
           same
           with
           the
           Members
           touched
           by
           that
           Tree
           .
           2.
           
           I
           observe
           that
           the
           Cross
           which
           is
           saluted
           with
           
             Hail
             ,
             O
             Cross
             ,
             our
             daily
             Hope
             ,
          
           is
           the
           same
           with
           the
           Cross
           upon
           which
           Christ
           hung
           ;
           and
           therefore
           must
           be
           the
           Cross
           this
           Salutation
           is
           
           directed
           to
           .
           3.
           
           That
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           what
           is
           equivalent
           to
           it
           ,
           which
           our
           Author
           supposeth
           here
           to
           be
           said
           poetically
           ,
           is
           prayed
           for
           ;
           
             Sweet
             Wood
             ,
             save
             the
             present
             Company
             .
          
           But
           because
           all
           the
           Contradictions
           in
           the
           World
           will
           not
           open
           some
           Men
           Eyes
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           our
           Author
           the
           sence
           of
           Persons
           as
           considerable
           in
           his
           own
           Church
           for
           Learning
           and
           Authority
           ,
           as
           himself
           may
           be
           presumed
           to
           be
           .
           And
           first
           of
           all
           ,
           let
           us
           hear
           
             Dominicus
             Soto
          
           ,
           a
           Divine
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           in
           the
           Council
           of
           Trent
           ,
           who
           ,
           it
           seems
           had
           not
           learned
           our
           Author's
           sence
           of
           this
           matter
           ;
           
           for
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             We
             ought
             to
             worship
             the
             Images
             themselves
             ;
             for
             the
             Church
             doth
             not
             say
             ,
             we
             worship
             Thee
             ,
             O
             Christ
             ,
             but
             thy
             Cross
             ,
             O
             Crux
             ave
             ,
             spes
             unica
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Catharinus
           leads
           us
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           
           for
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             We
             direct
             our
             words
             and
             signs
             of
             Adoration
             to
             the
             Images
             ,
             to
             which
             likewise
             we
             burn
             Incense
             :
             As
             when
             we
             say
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             O
             Crux
             ave
             spes
             unica
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             And
             so
          
           Aquinas
           
             and
             others
             tell
             us
          
           ,
           
           that
           Latria
           
             is
             to
             be
             given
             to
             Images
             ,
          
           because
           the
           Church
           in
           praying
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           speaks
           to
           it
           as
           if
           it
           were
           Christ
           himself
           .
        
         
           From
           which
           Authorities
           ,
           we
           may
           perceive
           how
           little
           heed
           is
           to
           be
           given
           to
           our
           Author
           (
           though
           he
           writes
           as
           if
           he
           held
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           whole
           Church
           in
           the
           hollow
           of
           his
           hand
           )
           when
           he
           affirms
           ,
           
           
             That
             the
             meaning
             of
             Catholicks
             in
             saying
             that
             Hymn
             ,
             is
             ,
             Hail
             ,
             O
             Christ
             ,
             our
             only
             Hope
             !
             And
             that
             in
             the
             holy
             time
             of
             the
             Passion
             ,
             in
             which
             that
             Hymn
             is
             sung
             ,
             their
             whole
             Devotion
             and
             Prayers
             are
             directed
             to
             Him.
          
           By
           which
           words
           one
           would
           at
           first
           think
           ,
           
           our
           Author
           was
           much
           of
           
           Imbert's
           mind
           ,
           a
           Disciple
           (
           as
           he
           himself
           thought
           )
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Meaux
           ,
           who
           when
           the
           Cross
           was
           shewn
           to
           the
           People
           on
           Good-friday
           ,
           franckly
           and
           openly
           declared
           ,
           
             We
             adore
             not
             any
             thing
             of
             what
             we
             see
             ,
             but
             Jesus
             Christ
             crucified
          
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           expect
           the
           same
           Censure
           for
           it
           ,
           as
           that
           poor
           Man
           met
           with
           from
           his
           Diocesan
           .
           But
           our
           Author
           has
           prudently
           provided
           for
           his
           own
           Security
           ;
           for
           by
           adding
           a
           word
           or
           two
           ,
           he
           has
           rendred
           his
           Exposition
           harmless
           ,
           and
           secured
           himself
           from
           the
           fate
           of
           Imbert
           :
           For
           a
           line
           or
           two
           before
           ,
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Catholicks
             do
             not
             understand
             the
             words
             of
             this
             Hymn
             Barely
             of
             the
             material
             Cross
             ,
             but
             of
             Christ
             crucified
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           our
           Author
           is
           not
           alone
           ,
           nor
           the
           first
           in
           this
           Exposition
           ,
           for
           thus
           it
           's
           also
           expounded
           in
           a
           
           French
           Office
           ,
           
           
             viz.
             This
             Adoration
             is
             not
             terminated
             only
             on
             the
             Wood
             ,
             but
             on
             Jesus
             Christ
             who
             was
             nailed
             thereon
             :
             [
             Cette
             Adoration
             ne
             se
             termine
             pas
             au
             Seul
             Bois
             ,
             mais
             à
             J.
             C.
             qui
             y
             a
             esté
             attaché
             ]
             .
          
           So
           that
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           when
           we
           meet
           with
           such
           Expositions
           ,
           that
           do
           seemingly
           translate
           the
           Worship
           from
           the
           Cross
           wholly
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           that
           there
           is
           some
           reserved
           Qualification
           ,
           to
           moderate
           it
           ,
           such
           as
           
             merely
             ,
             barely
             ,
             only
          
           ,
           that
           is
           implied
           ,
           or
           express'd
           perhaps
           a
           line
           or
           two
           before
           or
           afterwards
           .
           And
           having
           now
           this
           Key
           ,
           we
           may
           pretend
           to
           understand
           the
           meaning
           of
           our
           Author's
           Exposition
           ,
           and
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           take
           his
           word
           ,
           the
           meaning
           of
           all
           Catholicks
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           ,
           
             Hail
             ,
             O
             Cross
             ,
             our
             only
             Hope
             ,
          
           And
           ,
           
             Hail
             ,
             O
             Christ
             ,
             our
             only
             Hope
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           Christ
           is
           their
           
             only
             Hope
          
           ,
           but
           so
           as
           the
           Cross
           is
           their
           Hope
           too
           ;
           and
           the
           Cross
           is
           their
           
             only
             Hope
          
           ,
           but
           so
           as
           Christ
           is
           their
           Hope
           also
           .
           So
           that
           whilst
           our
           Author
           charges
           the
           Catechism
           with
           
             pointing
             to
             a
             false
             and
             mistaken
             sense
             ,
          
           he
           himself
           has
           ,
           much
           to
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           Hymn
           ,
           expounded
           it
           into
           Non-sense
           .
           A
           word
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           I
           borrow
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           which
           puts
           me
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           last
           Tire
           ,
           that
           he
           discharges
           upon
           the
           Catechism
           ;
           but
           though
           in
           managing
           of
           this
           he
           hath
           spent
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Sheet
           ,
           
           I
           shall
           dispatch
           it
           in
           few
           words
           .
           If
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             for
             these
             words
          
           in
           this
           Anthem
           ,
           
             their
             Church
             must
             be
             blackned
             with
             the
             Infamy
             of
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             praying
             directly
             to
             the
             Cross
             ;
             then
             stand
             clear
          
           Paul
           ,
           
             have
             a
             care
          
           Chrysostom
           ,
           
             beware
             O
             Creed
             ,
             and
             you
             Common-prayer
             Book
             ,
             look
             to
             your self
             .
             For
             if
             you
             have
             but
             a
             grave
             Catechist
             that
             will
             faithfully
             represent
             you
             ;
             you
             'l
             be
             infallibly
             set
             out
             for
             nothing
             better
             than
             Professors
             of
             Folly
             and
             Non-sence
             ,
             bundles
             of
             Absurdities
             and
             Prophaneness
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           One
           would
           think
           that
           this
           Author
           ,
           from
           a
           certain
           pique
           he
           has
           taken
           against
           what
           he
           so
           often
           calls
           a
           
             Grave
             Catechism
          
           ,
           had
           forgotten
           all
           Gravity
           ,
           and
           Respect
           to
           the
           most
           serious
           matters
           .
           
             Stand
             clear
             ,
             have
             a
             care
             ,
             beware
             .
          
           Who
           and
           what
           are
           these
           addressed
           to
           ?
           No
           other
           than
           a
           holy
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           an
           excellent
           St.
           Chrysostom
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           Sum
           of
           the
           Articles
           of
           our
           Faith.
           For
           God's
           sake
           are
           there
           no
           more
           decent
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           to
           describe
           these
           things
           by
           ?
           And
           are
           we
           to
           discourse
           of
           them
           as
           if
           we
           were
           at
           some
           light
           and
           
           rustical
           Pastimes
           ?
           But
           what
           can
           be
           strange
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           when
           it
           shall
           be
           suggested
           that
           there
           is
           as
           much
           reason
           to
           say
           St.
           
             Paul
             reverenced
             the
             material
             Cross
             above
             all
             things
             in
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
          
           
           
             because
             he
             saith
             ,
             God
             forbid
             that
             I
             should
             glory
             save
             in
             the
             Cross
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
          
           As
           much
           reason
           to
           say
           ,
           
             he
             looked
             upon
             the
             Wood
             of
             the
             Cross
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             had
             purchased
             Man's
             Reconciliation
             to
             God
             ,
             because
             he
             saith
             ,
             Man
             was
             reconciled
             to
             God
             in
             one
             Body
             ,
             by
             the
             Cross
          
           ;
           as
           there
           is
           for
           saying
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           prays
           directly
           to
           the
           Cross
           ,
           because
           she
           salutes
           it
           with
           
             Hail
             ,
             O
             Cross
             ,
             our
             only
             Hope
             :
          
           and
           as
           if
           there
           was
           no
           more
           reason
           to
           apply
           this
           to
           a
           material
           Cross
           ,
           than
           there
           is
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Texts
           of
           St.
           Paul.
           He
           doth
           indeed
           intimate
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           it
           understood
           ,
           that
           the
           material
           Cross
           is
           herein
           concerned
           .
           For
           thus
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             To
             do
             right
             to
             St.
          
           Paul
           ,
           St.
           Chrysostom
           ,
           
           
             &c.
             besides
             giving
             a
             bare
             Narrative
             of
             their
             Expressions
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             explicated
             to
             the
             People
             that
             in
             these
             high
             Encomiums
             they
             do
             not
             understand
             the
             meer
             material
             Cross.
          
           But
           when
           he
           can
           prove
           there
           was
           any
           
             material
             Cross
          
           then
           used
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           Encomiums
           do
           in
           any
           sense
           belong
           to
           it
           ,
           then
           it
           will
           be
           time
           enough
           to
           answer
           further
           to
           his
           Exceptions
           ;
           but
           till
           that
           time
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           already
           said
           about
           the
           Notion
           of
           a
           Cross
           ,
           the
           Consecration
           ,
           the
           Adoration
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           venture
           to
           say
           their
           Prayer
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           though
           there
           be
           good
           reason
           to
           understand
           St.
           Paul
           in
           a
           figurative
           sense
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           to
           understand
           the
           Phrase
           ,
           before
           recited
           and
           used
           in
           the
           Romish
           Church
           in
           that
           sense
           .
           If
           our
           Author
           expects
           an
           Answer
           to
           his
           
             Heathenish
             Catechism
          
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           )
           which
           is
           a
           Name
           very
           proper
           for
           it
           ;
           I
           shall
           ,
           instead
           of
           that
           ,
           only
           put
           a
           few
           Questions
           ,
           and
           conclude
           .
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           the
           Crosses
           used
           in
           the
           Religious
           Service
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           be
           mere
           pieces
           of
           Wood
           ,
           
             &
             c
          
           ?
        
         
           Q.
           Whether
           they
           may
           not
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           to
           adore
           the
           Cross
           ,
           tho
           they
           may
           not
           adore
           a
           meer
           piece
           of
           Wood
           ?
        
         
           Q.
           How
           the
           Cross
           which
           they
           pray
           to
           Christ
           to
           bless
           ,
           is
           made
           the
           stability
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           increase
           of
           good
           Works
           ?
        
         
           Q.
           How
           the
           Cross
           upon
           which
           Christ
           hung
           ,
           may
           be
           Christ
           who
           hung
           upon
           the
           Cross
           ?
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66406-e140
           
             Pap.
             Misr
             .
             par
             .
             2.
             c
             ▪
             2.
             
          
           
             Ibid
             c.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             De
             Cruce
             .
             l.
             1.
             c.
             49.
             
          
           
             Chap.
             51.
             
          
           
             Misrepr
             .
             p.
             2.
             c.
             2.
             c
             ▪
             p.
             10.
             
          
           
             Pontificale
             in
             benedic
             .
             
               Nov.
               Crucis
            
             .
          
           
             Salutare
             .
          
           
             De
             Cruce
             l.
             1.
             c.
             50.
             
          
           
             Pontific
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             c.
             49.
             
             Missal
             .
             Rom.
             in
             Para●●ev
             .
             
               Fer.
               6.
            
             
          
           
             Lud.
             de
             Paramo
             de
             Orig.
             S.
             Inquis
             .
             l.
             2.
             tit
             .
             3.
             c.
             8.
             n.
             5.
             
          
           
             Bellarm.
             de
             Scriptor
             .
             Eccles
             .
             An.
             300.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             de
             Venant
             .
             Fortun.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             1.
             de
             Cruce
             ,
             c.
             53.
             
          
           
             Fest.
             Invent.
             Crucis
             ad
             Vesper
             .
          
           
             Dom.
             Soto
             de
             Instit.
             &
             Jure
             .
             l.
             2.
             q.
             3.
             art
             .
             2.
             in
             fin
             .
          
           
             Cathar
             .
             de
             cultu
             &
             ador
             .
             Imag.
             p.
             133
             ,
             &
             137.
             
          
           
             V.
             Simon
             .
             Majolus
             pro
             desens
             .
             sacr
             .
             Imag.
             centur
             .
             13.
             c.
             14.
             
          
           
             Page
             12.
             
          
           
             See
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Exposition
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             Append
             .
             p.
             121.
             
          
           
             L'Office
             de
             la
             Semaine
             Sancte
             ,
             Francois
             &
             Latin.
             8
             o
             à
             Lyon
             ,
             p.
             1667.
             
             Remarques
             ,
             p.
             317.
             
          
           
             Page
             11.
             
          
           
             Page
             11.
             
          
           
             Page
             12.